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Students from St Hilda's School held a party at an outlaw bikie gang's headquarters.

Students from the Gold Coast's top private girl school, including the mayor's daughter, were reportedly naive to the fact they partied at the headquarters of a notorious outlaw motorcycle gang at the weekend.

Students from St Hilda's School, aged 17 and 18, were bussed to a mystery location after attending their formal at the Gold Coast Convention Centre.

The location, which was kept a secret in order to deter potential gatecrashers, was in fact the headquarters of the Nomads outlaw motorcycle gang.

The students were reportedly oblivious to the blunder, despite the letters N.M.C displayed above the entrance to the building in an industrial estate on Ryecroft Street in Carrara, about 15 kilometres from the heart of Surfers Paradise.

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The daughter of Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate, Emily, attended the party but did not know she had stepped inside the Nomads' stronghold, a spokeswoman confirmed.

"Emily did not know where it was," the spokeswoman said.

"The students had no prior knowledge of the location ... and as teenage girls I doubt they realised even after they arrived."

It is not clear how many students from the elite school attended the party.

"It's our right to feel safe from these outlaw motorcycle gangs in our city, in our homes and in our shopping centres," he said in April.

"I'm not going to put up with these dudes. They've crossed the line and we're going to stitch them up."

Cr Tate has been touring Asia and was in China at the weekend, his spokeswoman said.

St Hilda's declined to comment on the controversy, other than to note it was not responsible for the after-party and was not involved in its organisation.

It has been reported the after-party was organised by a company hired by the senior class.

It is the third time an elite school on the Gold Coast has had students attend parties at bikie clubhouses.

In 2007, students from Emmanuel College held a formal after-party at the Rebels clubhouse, and in 2006, the Bandidos Mermaid Beach clubhouse was the venue for a similar event for students from The Southport School.

25 comments

What's all the fuss. So what if the girls were out of their social milieu. Nothing appears to have gone amiss, there would have been no unsavoury gatecrashers. They were fortunate that the mystery location was not St John's College, The University of Sydney, then, like, there would be something to talk about, like.

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Flashman

Date and time

November 13, 2012, 11:45AM

Now now, we can't have our elite girls hanging out with bikies, especially when one of the girls involved is the mayors daughter!!! How embarassing would that be to declare war on them only to have your sweet innocent child rubbing shoulders with them .

I reckon those girls knew exactly where they were as well. ;)

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Markus

Location

Brisbane

Date and time

November 13, 2012, 12:13PM

Agree with @Flashman. Apparently nothing went awry. Probably more chance that they would have met with mischief at the local pub. I expect the bikies would be under pretty good behaviour given recent bad press.

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Baysider

Location

Wavell Heights

Date and time

November 13, 2012, 12:37PM

If a true and accurate reflection of the students known whereabouts, then this is a sad reflection of the 'spatial awareness' skills taught to them by their parents and school.

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Dallas

Location

South Brisbane

Date and time

November 13, 2012, 11:45AM

Looking at the outside, it does look fairly anonymous. If the inside is anything like the exterior then I wouldn't necessarily expect them to recognise it as a bikie clubhouse. Weird location for an after-party though...

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Mugz

Date and time

November 13, 2012, 1:38PM

Yes, I can believe that teenage girls really are that stupid.

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CarlT

Location

crazy old cat man

Date and time

November 13, 2012, 11:51AM

Keep saying Pillard, it's really funny

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Sebben

Location

Melbs

Date and time

November 13, 2012, 12:04PM

So what's the big deal? The Nomads were only networking, a skill much in demand in the business world. Besides, Cr Tate might find himself conflicted trying to ban the father of his grandchild from the local area (snigger).

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Truthy

Date and time

November 13, 2012, 12:10PM

Well, isn't that embarassing." I declare war on the bikies, so vote for me. My daughter is where? Oh dear."

So, how do you take Cr Tate seriously now? Thank God he isn't in the LNP, they only do one blunder a day. :)

And really, a formal dinner at the Nomads clubhouse, where the best drugs and alcohol are. Add in teenage girls and what do you have. GIRLS GONE WILD!!!!!!!!!!!